A student team is developing a tissue-engineered heart valve intended for use in a region with limited access to high-tech healthcare and strong cultural preferences for non-animal-derived medical products. Which of the following design decisions best reflects their ability to address cultural and social constraints?

Primary cell culture refers to cells. . .

You plan to evaluate biocompatibility of a material you implanted subcutaneously in a rodent model. After one week, you evaluate the tissue histologically. What staining method do you favor and why?

Flow cytometers analyze cells by microscopic visualization of cell populations.

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is useful to observe 3D characteristics of surface topography.

Macrophages will not form foreign body giant cells around a biocompatible material.

mRNA is synthetized from a DNA template in the

Primary protein structure refers to the sequence of amino acids that make up a protein.

During the proliferative phase of the foreign body response what is proliferating?

Passaging cells in culture refers to ….